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keepamovintoday at 2:31 AM3 repliesview on HN

You sound invincibly unconvinceable - but the way I see that argument is the media power of the narratives against the admin are all currently weak, there's no tidal wave of pressure from which to distract - and even if there were, it's not like Trump has ever needed that, he's always been able to dispatch wave after wave of narratives, undefeated.

Would you like to know more? The timing is viewed more naturally I think in a trajectory from the 2017 NYT article, through the series of congressional hearings, whistleblowers and attempted UAPDA legislation, to recent statements by Obama and Trump re "classified info", that seemed to lead directly to here. Through all this, the chorus of increasing public interest and demands.

More starkly - it's odd to see this issue in anyway partisanly or linked to a particular administration, or even news cycle. It's a persistent topic of human interest, across cultures and decades. The Trump intersection I think can be explained because he's the most "renegade" (yes, a pun), least controlled and most effective. These latter claims themselves are deeply controversial for some, and may contribute to making it hard for such folks to see any such prosaic explanations of the timing and reach for something a little more out there.


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_bohmtoday at 1:00 PM

> It's a persistent topic of human interest, across cultures and decades.

Yes, and how did this originally become a topic of interest?

marshraytoday at 2:50 AM

Conspicuously missing in your argument is a link to a credible source with any evidence (or even 1st person testimony). It should be easy.

Instead, I just see elaborate narratives about political motivations and garbage evidence like that laughably low-effort fake video presented in Congress by Representatives.

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stevenhuangtoday at 6:42 AM

This is the correct understanding. Thank you for voicing it.

It is unfortunate how many have succumbed to Trump derangement syndrome and are rendered unable to discuss this topic critically, moving to complete dismissal because of the controversy surrounding the messenger.

The UAP disclosure movement has been decades in the making. Trump was simply the one willing to push it, exactly because of his counterculture, renegade nature as you put it.

Are we alone? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? What's the meaning of life? They've robbed themselves of the ability to engage with these questions, and it's a shame.

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